Public bug reported:
After a fresh install of Ubuntu Server 15.04 on an HP Pavilion 15-f039wv
laptop, I wanted to report an installation bug. In the newly installed server
I ran the command:
apport-bug debian-installer
(https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage says to use debian-installer as
the package name for this situation)
It produced the following output (lines of only equal signs not included):
==========================================
*** Collecting problem information
The collected information can be sent to the developers to improve the
application. This might take a few minutes.
..dpkg-query: no packages found matching debian-installer
....==== AUTHENTICATING FOR com.ubuntu.apport.root-info ===
Authentication is required to collect system information for this problem report
Authenticating as: <the install full user name>,,, (<the install user>)
Password:
..........................................................................................................................................................
.............................................................................................................................................................................
==========================================
where <the install full user name> and <the install user> were values I entered
during the install and were for the user I was logged in as at the time of
running the command, although the actual values are redacted for this public
bug report.
There were a total of 32 lines of period on a 17-inch display, more than 5440
periods, that were regularly displayed over more than 40 minutes.
I finally hit Ctl-C, and got the additional messages (lines of only equal signs
not included):
==========================================
==== AUTHENTICATION FOR com.ubuntu.apport.root-info ===
Authentication is required to collect system information for this problem report
Authenticating as: <the install full user name>,,, (<the install user>)
Password:
==========================================
This time the blinking cursor waited after the "Password: " prompt.
Not knowing (or being able to find in man pages) what kind of password I should
use, I again pressed Ctl-C, which produced the following messages (lines of
only equal signs not included):
==========================================
Exception ignored in <module 'threading' from '/usr/lib/python3.4/threading.py'>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/threading.py", line1294, in _shutdown
t.join()
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/threading.py", line 1060, in join
self._wait_for_tstate_lock()
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/threading.py", line 1076, in _wait_for_tstate_lock
elif lock.acquire(block, timeout):
Keyboard Interrupt
==========================================
Where "<module 'threading' from '/usr/lib/python3.4/threading.py'>" is
what was actually displayed.
This terminated my apport-bug command and returned to the command
prompt.
I subsequently submitted the bug through the Launchpad web interface.
** Affects: apport (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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apport-cli hangs during prompt for authentication password
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